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2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19552956 |
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- <p>Social Democratic Party in Dalmatia was established in 1902 in Split. Despite the staunch opposition it initially faced from established Croatian national parties, it managed to find common ground with left-liberal Croatian Democratic Party/Croatian People's Progressive Party led by Josip Smodlaka in the context of “new course” politics and piecemeal social reform championed by Progressive Youth. The two parties cooperated in the 1907 Reichsrat election in Split and in 1908/1909 husbandmen’s movement in Split which aimed at abolishing colonate tenant-landlord relations in Dalmatia. However, in the wake of the Annexation Crisis the Progressives adopted a more moderate course and the two parties increasingly began parting ways, which was exacerbated by mutual personal dislike between Josip Smodlaka and Social Democrat leader Jerko Dorbić. On the other hand, a new generation of youth, the so-called Nationalist Youth, adopted a radical nationalist position aimed at overthrowing Habsburg rule and replacing it with an independent and unified Yugoslav state. Nationalist Youth frequently took its cue from various left-wing movements of the day including social democracy. It is well worth noting that Nikola Njeguš Vavrak, a member of the Social Democratic Party in Dalmatia, attempted an assassination in Reichsrat in Vienna, preceding much more publicized attempts by Nationalist Youth followers. The position adopted by the Social Democratic Party in Dalmatia on Yugoslav movement was based on Austromarxist notions of cultural autonomy as put forward in the Tivoli resolution of 1909, which is best described as critical support of Yugoslav movement. Torn between Trieste and Ljubljana sections of Austrian Social Democracy, Social Democratic Party in Dalmatia opted for closer relations with Social Democratic Party of Croatia-Slavonia. However, this came to nothing and the party eventually disbanded before the outbreak of the First World War.</p>